Curtiss R3C
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The Curtiss R3C was a 1920s American racing seaplane and landplane famous for its record-breaking performances and victories in international air races, including the Schneider Trophy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Curtiss R3C canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10533754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtiss R3C Context triple: [Schneider Trophy competition, notableAircraft, Curtiss R3C]
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A.
Deperdussin monoplane
The Deperdussin monoplane was an early 20th-century French single-wing aircraft noted for its streamlined design and use in pioneering military and sporting aviation.
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B.
Curtiss JN-4 biplane
The Curtiss JN-4 was a widely used American World War I–era training biplane, best known today for its iconic upside-down appearance on the rare "Inverted Jenny" postage stamp.
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C.
Blériot XI
The Blériot XI is an early French monoplane famous for Louis Blériot’s pioneering 1909 flight across the English Channel, marking a milestone in aviation history.
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D.
Wright Flyer III
Wright Flyer III was the Wright brothers’ 1905 powered airplane that became the first practical, fully controllable aircraft capable of sustained flight.
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E.
Demoiselle monoplane
The Demoiselle monoplane was an early 20th-century light aircraft that became one of the first practical and widely influential monoplane designs in aviation history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtiss R3C Target entity description: The Curtiss R3C was a 1920s American racing seaplane and landplane famous for its record-breaking performances and victories in international air races, including the Schneider Trophy.
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A.
Deperdussin monoplane
The Deperdussin monoplane was an early 20th-century French single-wing aircraft noted for its streamlined design and use in pioneering military and sporting aviation.
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B.
Curtiss JN-4 biplane
The Curtiss JN-4 was a widely used American World War I–era training biplane, best known today for its iconic upside-down appearance on the rare "Inverted Jenny" postage stamp.
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C.
Blériot XI
The Blériot XI is an early French monoplane famous for Louis Blériot’s pioneering 1909 flight across the English Channel, marking a milestone in aviation history.
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D.
Wright Flyer III
Wright Flyer III was the Wright brothers’ 1905 powered airplane that became the first practical, fully controllable aircraft capable of sustained flight.
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E.
Demoiselle monoplane
The Demoiselle monoplane was an early 20th-century light aircraft that became one of the first practical and widely influential monoplane designs in aviation history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biplane
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landplane variant ⓘ racing aircraft ⓘ seaplane ⓘ seaplane variant ⓘ |
| achievement |
winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Trophy race
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winner of the 1925 Schneider Trophy ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
racing landplane
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racing seaplane ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | wood-and-fabric construction ⓘ |
| competition |
1925 Pulitzer Trophy race
NERFINISHED
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1925 Schneider Trophy race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configuration | single-seat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
radiators integrated into wing surfaces
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streamlined fuselage for high speed ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ |
| era | 1920s ⓘ |
| fameReason |
record-breaking performances
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victories in international air races ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1925 ⓘ |
| landingGear |
conventional wheeled gear for landplane version
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floats for seaplane version ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
approximately 232 mph
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approximately 374 km/h ⓘ |
| notableEvent | James Doolittle set a world speed record flying an R3C-2 in 1925 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePilot |
Cyrus Bettis
NERFINISHED
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James Doolittle NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Doolittle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | small series ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Army Air Service
NERFINISHED
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United States Navy ⓘ |
| powerplant | Curtiss V-1400 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | tractor propeller ⓘ |
| record | world speed record for seaplanes in 1925 ⓘ |
| role | air racing ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| usedFor | speed record attempts ⓘ |
| usedIn | Schneider Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| variant |
Curtiss R3C-1
NERFINISHED
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Curtiss R3C-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Curtiss R3C Description of subject: The Curtiss R3C was a 1920s American racing seaplane and landplane famous for its record-breaking performances and victories in international air races, including the Schneider Trophy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.